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Proverbs

A bad beginning makes a good ending.

A bad excuse is better than none at all.

A bad husband cannot be a good man.

A bad penny always turns up

A barking dog never bites

A beggar can never be bankrupt.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

A burnt child dreads fire.

A cat may look at a king.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link

A change is as good as a rest

A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.

A cheerful wife is the joy of life.

A clear conscience is a coat of mail.

A dog is a man's best friend

A drowning man will catch at a straw.

A drunkard's purse is a bottle.

A fault confessed is half redressed.

A fish always rots from the head down

A fool and his money are soon parted

A fool may give a wise man counsel.

A fool may make money, but it takes a wise man to spend it.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A friend is easier lost than found.

A friend's frown is better than a fool's smile.

A full purse makes the mouth to speak.

A golden key can open any door

A good beginning makes a good ending

A good dog deserves a good bone.

A good husband makes a good wife.

A good man is hard to find

A good name is better than riches.

A good name is sooner lost than won.

A great talker is a great liar.

A guilty conscience needs no accuser.

A heavy purse makes a light heart.

A house divided against itself cannot stand

A house is not a home

A hungry man is an angry man.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

A leopard cannot change its spots

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing

A little learning is a dangerous thing

A little of what you fancy does you good

A man in debt is caught in a net.

A man is as old as he feels.

A man is known by his friends

A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client

A man without reason is a beast in season.

A man's house is his castle.

A miss is as good as a mile

A new broom sweeps clean

A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse

A penny for your thoughts.

A penny saved is a penny earned

A penny saved is a penny gained.

A person is known by the company he keeps

A picture paints a thousand words

A place for everything and everything in its place

A poor workman always blames his tools

A pound of care won't pay an ounce of debt.

A problem shared is a problem halved

A prophet is not recognized in his own land

A rising tide lifts all boats

A rolling stone gathers no moss

A rose between two thorns.

A short cut is often a wrong cut.

A soft answer turneth away wrath

A stitch in time saves nine

A stitch in time saves nine.

A swarm in May is worth a load of hay; a swarm in June is worth a silver spoon; but a swarm in July is not worth a fly

A thing begun is half done.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever

A trouble shared is a trouble halved

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men

A watched pot never boils

A wise man changes his mind sometimes, a fool never.

A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke

A woman's place is in the home

A woman's work is never done

A wonder lasts nine days.

A word to the wise is enough.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely

Accidents will happen (in the best-regulated families).

Action speaks louder than words.

Actions speak louder than words

Adversity makes strange bedfellows

Advice when most needed is least heeded.

After a storm comes a calm

After a storm comes a calm.

All covet, all lose.

All good things come to he who waits

All good things must come to an end

All is grist that comes to the mill

All is not gold that glitters.

All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy.

All publicity is good publicity

All roads lead to Rome

All that glisters is not gold

All that glitters is not gold

All the world loves a lover

All things come to those who wait

All things must pass

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

All you need is love

All's fair in love and war.

All's fish that comes to his net.

All's for the best in the best of all possible worlds

All's well that ends well.

Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away

An army marches on its stomach

An empty bag will not stand upright.

An Englishman's home is his castle

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

An old bird is not to be caught with chaff.

An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

And a child that's born on the Sabbath day

Another day, another dollar

Any port in a storm

Any port in a storm.

Appearances can be deceptive

Appetite comes with eating.

April is the cruellest month

April showers bring forth May flowers

As a man lives so shall he die.

As thick as thieves

As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it

As you sow so shall you reap

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Ashes to ashes dust to dust

Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer

Ask much to get little.

Ask no questions and hear no lies

Attack is the best form of defence

Avoid evil and it will avoid thee.

Back again, like a bad penny.

Bad money drives out good

Bad news travels fast

Barking dogs seldom bite

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Be careful what you wish for

Be just before you are generous.

Be not the first to quarrel, nor the last to make it up.

Be sure before you marry, of a house wherein to tarry.

Beat swords into ploughshares

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Beauty is only skin deep

Beggars must not be choosers.

Beggars should not be choosers

Behind every great man there's a great woman

Better be alone than in ill company.

Better be happy than wise.

Better late than never.

Better safe than sorry

Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't

Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool that to speak and remove all doubt

Between the devil and the deep sea.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts

Beware the Ides of March

Big fish eat little fish

Birds of a feather flock together.

Blessed are the peacemakers

Blood is thicker than water.

Blue are the hills that are far away

Books and friends should be few and good.

Borrowing thrives but once.

Boys will be boys

Brevity is the soul of wit

Bullies are generally cowards.

Business before pleasure

By others' faults wise men correct their own.

By timely mending save much spending.

Caesar's wife must be above suspicion

Call a spade a spade.

Care killed the cat.

Carpe diem (Pluck the day; Seize the day)

Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance.

Catch the bear before you sell his skin.

Catch who catch can.

Charity begins at home

Charity begins at home but should not end there.

Charity covers a multitude of sins

Cheapest is dearest.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat

Cheats never prosper

Children and fools tell the truth

Children are what you make them.

Children should be seen and not heard

Christmas comes but once a year

Christmas comes but once a year.

Cleanliness is next to godliness

Clothes maketh the man

Cold hands, warm heart

Comparisons are odious.

Count your blessings

Courtesy costs nothing.

Cowards may die many times before their death

Crime doesn't pay

Curses are like chickens, they come home to roost.

Cut your coat according to your cloth.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth

Dead men tell no tales

Dead men tell no tales.

Delays are dangerous.

Devil take the hindmost

Devil take the hindmost.

Different strokes for different folks

Diligence is a great teacher.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Distance lends enchantment to the view

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Do as I say, not as 1 do.

Do as you would be done by

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

Do not cut off your nose to spite your face.

Do not put all your eggs in one basket.

Do not spur a willing horse.

Do not tell tales out of school.

Do unto others as you would have them do to you

Don't bite the hand that feeds you

Don't burn your bridges behind you

Don't cast your pearls before swine

Don't change horses in midstream

Don't count your chickens before they are hatched

Don't cross the bridge till you come to it

Don't cut off your nose to spite your face

Don't get mad, get even

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep

Don't let the bastards grind you down

Don't let the cat out of the bag

Don't let the grass grow under your feet

Don't meet troubles half-way

Don't mix business with pleasure

Don't put all your eggs in one basket

Don't put new wine into old bottles

Don't put the cart before the horse

Don't rock the boat

Don't shoot the messenger

Don't shut the stable door after the horse has bolted

Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar

Don't sweat the small stuff

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs

Don't throw pearls to swine

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater

Don't trust anyone over thirty

Don't try to run before you can walk

Don't try to walk before you can crawl

Don't upset the apple-cart

Don't wash your dirty linen in public

Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom

Each to their own

Early to bed and early to rise Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

Easier said than done.

East is east, and west is west

East, west, home's best

Easy come, easy go

Eat to live, but do not live to eat.

Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die

Employment brings enjoyment.

Empty vessels make the most noise

Enough is as good as a feast

Enough is as good as a feast (to one that's not a beast).

Enough is better than too much.

Enough is enough

Even a worm will turn

Every ass loves to hear himself bray.

Every cloud has a silver lining

Every dog has his day.

Every little helps

Every man for himself and God for us all.

Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost

Every man has his price

Every man must carry his own cross.

Every picture tells a story

Every stick has two ends

Every why has a wherefore.

Everyone can find fault, few can do better.

Everyone knows best where the shoe pinches.

Everyone thinks his own burden the heaviest.

Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die

Everything comes to him who waits

Everything comes to those who wait.

Example is better than precept.

Exchange is no robbery.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

Experience teaches.

Extremes are dangerous.

Facts are stubborn things.

Failing to plan is planning to fail

Failure teaches success.

Faint heart never won a fair lady.

Faint heart never won fair lady

Fair exchange is no robbery

Faith will move mountains

Fall not out with a friend for a trifle.

Familiarity breeds contempt

Fancy kills and fancy cures.

Feed a cold and starve a fever

Fight fire with fire

Fight the good fight

Finders keepers, losers weepers

Fine feathers make fine birds.

Fine words butter no parsnips

Fingers were made before forks.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

First come, first served

First impressions are the most lasting

First things first

Fish always stink from the head down

Fish and guests smell after three days

Flattery brings friends, truth enemies.

Flattery will get you nowhere

Flies are easier caught with honey than with vinegar.

Follow the river and you will find the sea.

Fools build houses and wise men buy them.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread

For everything there is a season

For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man was lost

Forewarned is forearmed.

Forgive and forget

Fortune favours fools.

Fortune favours the brave

Friday's child is loving and giving,

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step

Genius is a capacity for taking trouble.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration

Give a dog a bad name and hang him

Give a dog a bad name and hang him.

Give a fool rope enough and he will hang himself.

Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day...

Give a man enough rope and he will hang himself

Give and spend and God will send.

Give credit where credit is due

Give everyone his due.

Give him an inch and he'll take an ell.

Give the Devil his due

Go the extra mile

God helps those who help themselves

God never shuts one door but he opens another.

Good beginnings make good endings.

Good fences make good neighbours

Good talk saves the food

Good things come in small packages

Good things come to those who wait

Good to begin well, better to end well.

Good wine needs no bush.

Grasp all, lose all.

Gratitude is the least of virtues, ingratitude the worst of vices.

Great haste makes great waste.

Great minds think alike

Great profits, great risks.

Great talkers are little doers.

Habit is second nature.

Hail fellow, well met.

Half a loaf is better than no bread

Handsome is as handsome does

Hard cases make bad law

Hard work never did anyone any harm

Haste makes waste

Hasty climbers have sudden falls.

He giveth twice that gives in a trice.

He is idle that might be better employed.

He is richest that has fewest wants.

He knows most who speaks least.

He knows which way the wind blows.

He runs with the hounds and hunts with the hare.

He that by the plough would thrive,

He that comes first to the hill, may sit where he will.

He that doth lend doth lose his friend.

He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing

He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.

He that hath thriven may lie till seven.

He that knows little soon repents it.

He that knows nothing, doubts nothing.

He that loves glass without G, Take away L, and that is he.

He that will eat the kernel must crack the nut.

He that will not when he may, When he will he shall have nay.

He that will thrive must rise at five,

He who can does, he who cannot, teaches

He who ceases to pray ceases to prosper.

He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day

He who hesitates is lost

He who laughs last laughs longest

He who likes borrowing dislikes paying.

He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword

He who pays the piper calls the tune

He who sups with the Devil should have a long spoon

He. laughs best that laughs last.

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned

He's no man who cannot say " No."

Himself must either hold or drive.

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty

His bark is worse than his bite.

His heart is in his boots.

History repeats itself

Hold with the hare and run with the hounds - You can't

Home is home, though it never be so homc'y.

Home is where the heart is

Honest men marry soon, wise men not at all.

Honesty is the best policy

Hope is the last thing that we lose.

Hope springs eternal

Hope springs eternal in the human breast.

Horses for courses

Hunger is the best sauce.

If a job is worth doing it is worth doing well

If a man deceive me once, shame on him; if twice, shame on me.

If anything can go wrong, it will

If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again

If fools went not to market bad wares would not be sold.

If God had meant us to fly he'd have given us wings

If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers

If it ain't broke, don't fix it

If life deals you lemons, make lemonade

If the cap fits, wear it

If the mountain will not go to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain.

If the mountain won't come to Mohammed, then Mohammed must go to the mountain

If the shoe fits, wear it

If wishes were horses, beggars might ride.

If you build it they will come

If you cannot make a man think as you do, make him do as you think.

If you can't be good, be careful

If you can't beat em, join em

If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen

If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself

If you wish for peace, prepare for war

Ignorance is bliss

I'll got, ill spent.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

In for a penny, in for a pound

In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king

In the midst of life we are in death

Into every life a little rain must fall

Is fair and wise and good and gay.

It ain't over till the fat lady sings

It goes without saying

It is a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles.

It is a long lane that has no turning.

It is always time to do good.

It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.

It is best to be on the safe side

It is better to give than to receive

It is easier to get money than to keep it.

It is easier to pull down than to build.

It is easy to be wise after the event

It is folly to live in Rome, and strive with the Pope.

It is never too late to mend.

It is no use crying over spilt milk.

It never rains but it pours.

It takes a thief to catch a thief

It takes all sorts to make a world

It takes one to know one

It takes two to make a quarrel.

It takes two to tango

It's all grist to the mill

It's an ill wind that blows no one any good

It's better to give than to receive

It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all

It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive

It's never too late

It's no use crying over spilt milk

It's no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted

It's the early bird that catches the worm

It's the empty can that makes the most noise

It's the singer not the song

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease

Jack of all trades and master of none.

Judge not, that ye be not judged

Keep your chin up

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer

Keep your powder dry

Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Kill two birds with one stone.

Kind words are worth much and cost little.

Kindle not a fire that you cannot put out.

Kindness begets kindness.

Kissing goes by favour.

Know which side your bread is buttered

Knowledge is power.

Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone

Laughter is the best medicine

Lazy people take the most pains.

Learning makes the wise wiser, but the fool more foolish.

Least said, soonest mended

Lend only what you can afford to lose.

Less is more

Let bygones be bygones

Let not the sun go down on your wrath

Let sleeping dogs lie

Let the buyer beware

Let the cobbler stick to his last.

Let the dead bury the dead

Let the punishment fit the crime

Let well alone

Liars should have good memories.

Life begins at forty

Life is just a bowl of cherries

Life is what you make it

Life's not all beer and skittles

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place

Like father, like son

Like father, like son. Like mother, like daughter.

Little boats must keep the shore, Larger boats may venture more.

Little pitchers have big ears

Little strokes fell great oaks

Little things please little minds

Live and learn

Live and let live.

Live for today for tomorrow never comes

Live not to eat, but eat to live.

Loans and debts make worries and frets.

Look before you leap

Lost time is never found.

Love is blind

Love makes the world go round

Love of money is the root of all evil

Love thy neighbour as thyself

Love will find a way

Make every bargain clear and plain, That none may afterwards complain.

Make hay while the sun shines

Make hay while the sun shines.

Make love not war

Make short the miles, with talk and smiles.

Man does not live by bread alone

Man proposes, God disposes.

Manners maketh man.

Many a little makes a mickle

Many a mickle makes a muckle

Many a true word is spoken in jest

Many are called but few are chosen

Many find fault without an end, And yet do nothing at all to mend.

Many hands make light work

Many straws may bind an elephant.

March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers

Marriages are made in heaven

Marry in haste, repent at leisure

Masters two, will not do.

Men are as old as they feel; women as old as they look.

Men make houses, women make homes.

Might is right

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow

Misery loves company

Misfortunes never (seldom) come singly.

Moderation in all things

Monday's child is fair of face,

Money doesn't grow on trees

Money is the root of all evil

Money isn't everything

Money makes the mare to go.

Money makes the world go round

Money talks

More haste, less speed

Much cry, little wool. (Great cry, little wool.)

Murder will out.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast

Nature abhors a vacuum

Nearest is dearest.

Necessity hath no law.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Needles and pins, needles and pins, When a man's married his troubles begin.

Needs must when the devil drives

Ne'er cast a clout till May be out

Neither wise men nor fools can work without tools.

Never a rose without thorns.

Never cross the bridge until you come to it.

Never dam the bridge that you have crossed.

Never do things by halves.

Never give a sucker an even break

Never go to bed on an argument

Never hit a man when he's down.

Never judge a book by its cover

Never let the sun go down on your anger

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today

Never say die ! Up man, and try.

Never speak ill of the dead

Never spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar.

Never tell tales out of school

Never too old to learn; never too late to turn.

Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.

New brooms sweep clean.

Nine tailors make a man

No gains without pains.

No living man, all things can.

No man can serve two masters

No man is an island

No man is indispensable.

No man is without enemies.

No names, no pack-drill

No news is good news

No news is good news.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent

No one knows where the shoe pinches but he who wears it.

No pain, no gain

No rest for the wicked

None so blind as those who will not see.

None so deaf as those who will not hear.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes

Nothing new under the sun

Nothing succeeds like success

Nothing venture, nothing gained or nothing have—win.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained

Oaks fall when reeds stand.

Of one ill come many.

Of two evils choose the less.

Oil and water don't mix

Old age is a heavy burden.

Old birds are not caught with chaff.

Old soldiers never die, they just fade away

Old wounds soon bleed.

On a long journey even a straw is heavy.

Once a thief, always a thief

Once bitten, twice shy

One can live on a little, but not on nothing.

One cannot die twice.

One fool makes many.

One good turn deserves another

One half of the world does not know how the other half lives

One hand washes the other

One law for the rich and another for the poor

One man's meat is another man's poison

One man's meat is another man's poison.

One may lead a horse to water, but twenty cannot make him drink.

One may sooner fall than rise.

One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb

One swallow does not make a summer

One Today is worth two Tomorrows.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding

Only fools and horses work

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door

Opposites attract

Other fish to fry.

Out of debt, out of danger.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Out of the frying pan into the fire.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil

Patience is a virtue

Pearls of wisdom

Penny wise and pound foolish

Penny wise, pound foolish.

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

Physician, heal thyself

Pigs grow fat where lambs would starve.

Plaster thick, some will stick.

Possession is nine points of the law

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely

Practice makes perfect

Practice thrift or else you'll drift.

Practice what you preach

Praise makes good men better and bad men worse.

Presents keep friendships warm.

Prevention is better than cure

Pride and poverty are ill, yet often dwell together.

Pride goes before a fall

Pride goes before a fall.

Pride must (or will) have a fall.

Procrastination is a thief of time.

Procrastination is the thief of time

Punctuality is the politeness of Princes.

Punctuality is the soul of business.

Put not your trust in money; put your money in trust.

Put your best foot forward

Put your own shoulder to the wheel.

Quick believers need broad shoulders.

Quid pro quo

Rain before seven, fine before eleven

Reckless youth makes rueful age.

Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning

Revenge is a dish best served cold

Revenge is sweet

Rob Peter to pay Paul

Rome was not built in a day.

Rome wasn't built in a day

Rumour is a great traveller.

Saturday's child works hard for its living,

Save me from my friends.

Saying is one thing, doing another.

Scratch my back and I will scratch yours.

Second thoughts are best.

See a pin and let it lie, You're sure to want before you die.

See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, bad luck you'll have all day

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil

Seeing is believing

Seek and ye shall find

Set a thief to catch a thief

Set not your loaf in till the oven is hot.

Share and share alike

She's the cat's mother.

Show me a liar and I'll show you a thief.

Shrouds have no pockets

Silence gives consent.

Silence is golden

Sink or swim.

Six of one and half dozen of the other.

Skill is stronger than strength.

Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Slow and sure.

Slow but sure

Small beginnings make great endings.

Soft words break no bones.

Soft words win hard hearts.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey

Some men are wise and some are otherwise.

Sometimes the best gain is to lose.

Soon hot, soon cold.

Sooner said than done.

Spare the rod and spoil the child

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Speak as you find

Speak little but speak the truth.

Speak softly and carry a big stick

Speak well of your friends, and of your enemy nothing.

Speaking without thinking is shooting without aim.

Speech is silver, silence is golden.

Spilt salt is never all gathered.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me

Still waters run deep

Strike while the iron's hot.

Study the past if you would divine the future.

Stupid is as stupid does

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan

Suspicion is the bane of friendship.

Sympathy without relief is like mustard without beef.

Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves

Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.

Talk is cheap

Talk of the devil and he'll appear.

Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear

Tell the truth and shame the Devil

That which does not kill us makes us stronger

That which is evil is soon learnt.

That which proves too much proves nothing.

The age of miracles is past

The apple never falls far from the tree

The best defence is a good offence

The best is the enemy of the good

The best of friends must part.

The best things in life are free

The best-laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley

The bigger they are, the harder they fall

The bigger, the better

The biter bit.

The bottom line is the bottom line

The boy is father to the man

The bread always falls buttered side down

The cat is fain the fish to eat, but hath no will to wet her feet.

The child is the father of the man

The cobbler always wears the worst shoes

The company makes the feast.

The course of true love never did run smooth

The customer is always right

The darkest hour is just before the dawn

The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.

The Devil is in the details

The devil is not so black as he is painted.

The Devil looks after his own

The devil lurks behind the cross.

The Devil makes work for idle hands to do

The early bird catches the worm

The end justifies the means

The exception proves the rule.

The exception which proves the rule

The fat is in the fire

The female of the species is more deadly than the male

The fountain is clearest at its source.

The fruit does not fall far from the tree

The game is not worth the candle.

The goat must browse where she is tied.

The good die young

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

The habit does not make the monk.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

The heart sees farther than the head.

The husband is always the last to know

The labourer is worthy of his hire

The last straw breaks the camel's back.

The law is an ass

The leopard does not change his spots

The less people think, the more they talk.

The longest journey starts with a single step

The love of a woman and a bottle of wine, Are sweet for a season but last for a time.

The master's eye fattens the horse.

The more the merrier

The more things change, the more they stay the same

The morning sun never lasts the day.

The nearer the church the farther from God.

The only good Indian is a dead Indian

The opera ain't over till the fat lady sings

The pen is mightier than sword

The pot calls the kettle black.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance

The proof of the pudding is in the eating

The public pays with ingratitude.

The Queen can do no wrong.

The Queen never dies.

The receiver is as bad as the thief.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot

The squeaking wheel gets the grease

The stone that lieth not in your way need not offend you.

The strength of a chain is its weakest link.

The tongue ever turns to the aching tooth.

The truth will out

The unexpected always happens.

The wages of sin is death

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts

The wise make jests and the fool repeats them.

The wish is father to the thought.

The world is a staircase; some are going up, some are coming down.

There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.

There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers.

There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream

There are more ways to kill a dog than by hanging him.

There are none so blind as those, that will not see

There are two sides to every question

There but for the grace of God, go I

There could be no great ones if there were no little.

There is a " But " in everything.

There is a salve for every sore.

There is no true love without jealousy.

There is no venom like that of the tongue.

There's a time and a place for everything

There's always more fish in the sea

There's an exception to every rule

There's honour among thieves

There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle

There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.

There's more than one way to skin a cat

There's no accounting for tastes

There's no fool like an old fool

There's no place like home

There's no smoke without fire

There's no such thing as a free lunch

There's no such thing as bad publicity

There's no time like the present

There's none so blind as those who will not see

There's none so deaf as those who will not hear

There's nowt so queer as folk

There's one born every minute

There's safety in numbers

There's safety in numbers.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind

They who only seek for faults find nothing else.

Third time lucky

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it

Those who do nothing generally take to shouting.

Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

Those who make the best use of their time have none to spare.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas

Thou shalt not kill

Throw a sprat to catch a whale.

Thursday's child has far to go,

Time and tide wait for no man

Time cures more than the doctor.

Time flies

Time flies.

Time is a great healer

Time is money

Time is money.

Time is the best counsellor.

Time will tell

'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all

Tit for tat is fair play.

To be born with a silver spoon in the mouth.

To err is human; to forgive divine

To err is human; to forgive divine.

To every thing there is a season

To forget a wrong is the best revenge.

To kill two birds with one stone.

To know the disease is half the cure.

To look for a needle in a haystack.

To make one hole to stop another.

To make two bites at one cherry.

To put the cart before the horse.

To scare a bird is not the best way to catch it.

To stir up a hornet's nest.

To take the chestnut out of the fire with the cat's paw.

To the victor go the spoils

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive

Tomorrow is another day

Tomorrow never comes

Too many cooks spoil the broth

Too much of one thing is good for nothing.

Train a tree when it is young.

Tread on a worm and it will turn.

True love never grows old.

Trust but not too much.

Trust dies because bad pay poisons him.

Truth is stranger than fiction

Truth will out

Tuesday's child is full of grace,

Turn over a new leaf.

Two blacks do not make a white.

Two blacks don't make a white

Two eyes see more than one.

Two heads are better than one

Two is company, but three's a crowd

Two is company, three is none.

Two wrongs don't make a right

Undertake no more than you can perform.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

Union is strength.

Variety is the spice of life

Vice is its own punishment, virtue its own reward.

Virtue is its own reward

Walls have ears

Walls have ears.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs

Wash your dirty linen at home.

Waste makes want.

Waste not want not

We are such stuff as dreams are made on.

We can live without our friends, but not without ovr neighbours.

Wedlock is like a place besieged; those within wish to get out, those without wish to get in.

Wednesday's child is full of woe,

Well begun is half done.

What belongs to everybody belongs to nobody.

What can't be cured must be endured

What cost nothing is worth nothing.

What goes up must come down

What is learnt in the cradle lasts to the tomb.

What is one man's meat is another man's poison.

What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

What is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

What man has done man can do.

What the eye does not admire the heart does not desire.

What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over

What the eyes don't see the heart does not grieve for.

What the heart thinketh the tongue speaketh.

What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts

Whatever you are be a man.

What's done can't be undone.

What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander

When a man is going down the hill everyone will give him a push.

When in Rome do as the Romans do.

When money's taken freedom's forsaken.

When poverty comes in at the door love flies out of the window.

When rogues fall out honest men come into their own.

When the cat's away the mice will play

When the going gets tough, the tough get going

When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash; when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak

When the wine is in, the wit is out.

When thine neighbour's house doth burn, be careful of thine own.

When two friends have a common purse, one sings and the other weeps.

When wits meet sparks fly out.

Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise.

Where there is nothing to lose there is nothing to fear.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Where there's a will there's a way.

Where there's muck there's brass

While the grass grows the horse starves.

While there's life there's hope

Who chatters to you will chatter of you.

Who judges others condemns himself.

Who knows most says least.

Who spends more than he should, shall not have to spend when he would.

Who will bell the cat ?

Who will not hear must be made to feel.

Whom the Gods love die young

Whom the gods love die young.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Wilful waste makes woeful want.

Wine and wenches empty men's purses.

Women and children first

Wonders will never cease

Words are wind, but blows are unkind.

Work expands so as to fill the time available

Worrying never did anyone any good

You are never too old to learn

You are what you eat

You can choose your friends but you can't choose your family

You can have too much of a good thing

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink

You cannot eat your cake and have it.

You cannot get blood out of a stone.

You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

You cannot see the wood for the trees.

You cannot shoe a running horse.

You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.

You can't get blood out of a stone

You can't get blood out of a turnip

You can't have your cake and eat it too

You can't hold with the hare and run with the hounds

You can't judge a book by its cover

You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear

You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs

You can't make bricks without straw

You can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds

You can't take it with you [when you die]

You can't teach an old dog new tricks

You can't win them all

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar

You never know till yow have tried.

You pays your money and you takes your choice

You reap what you sow

You win some, you lose some

Young men think old men fools; old men know young men to be so.

Youth and age will never agree.

Youth is wasted on the young

Youth lives on hope, old age on remembrance.

Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.

resources

Explanation for Student Compendium
File	Includes
Abbreviations	A shortened form of a word or phrase. ANU - Australian National University
Acronyms	An acronym is a pronounceable word formed from the first letter (or first few letters) of each word in a phrase or title. Sometimes, the newly combined letters create a new word that becomes a part of everyday language. An example of this is the acronym radar. Also includes Mnemonics Educational Acronyms, Information Technolgy Acronyms,
Adjectives	a word naming an attribute of a noun, such as sweet, red, or technical. Adjectives are words that describe or modify other words * Priest = Sacerdotal
Animals	Types of animals, Sounds the make, Where do they live, Collective names of animals Apes - gibber, Camel live in Australia, Sahara & Arabia, names = Bull - is called a heifer
Antonyms	a word opposite in meaning to another (e.g. bad - good ). Opposites = Absent - present
Big_Words for small	Small word with big word alternative Anger - Dudgeon * bold - Audacious
Business_Terms_Glossary	Terms used in business
Characteristics	A feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify them A partner in crime - accomplice
Church	Words pertaining to the church A passage between the pews in a church - Aisle
Commonly_confused_words	Similar sounding words with different meanings also Homonyms Council, an administrative or advisory body, do not confuse with counsel, advice or guidance.
Communication	All about communication see also A History of Communication
Computer_terms	All computer terms (ASCII, Binary, Unicode)
Countries	Names given to certain towns or countries includes facts about climate Aberdeen - The Granite City The Torrid Zone has the hottest climate Zinc - Mexico, U.S.A., Spain
Death	Words pertaining to death Occurring after death - posthumous
Diminutives	A diminutive person is short and small. A diminutive wordis a "cute" version of a word or name: for example, "duckling" is a diminutive of "duck" and Billy is a diminutive form of the name William Cask - casket
Famous_People	Famous world discoveries of countries continents, includes Australian discoverers Matthew Flinders -discovered Bass Strait. * Lord Robert Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scouts in 1908
Figurative_Expressions	Explanation of a word, words in literal expressions denote what they mean according to common or dictionary usage Aloof -To keep to oneself and not mix with others.
Flags of the world	Flags of countries in the world includes a countries quiz
Gender	Gender list of male female Actor - Actress
Geography	Countries of the world and Geographical facts The Circumference of the earth is approxinmately 24,800 miles.
Gods	List of gods and goddesses War - Mars
Government	Australian and UK government with words denoting government Australian Government
Grammar	Explains grammar syntax and verbs adjectives nouns etc. Explains various uses of nouns verbs etc.
Homonyms	each of two or more words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins Shoe Shoo
Human_Relationships	The art of living together includes senses, elements, cardinal numbers, cardinal virtues THE ART OF LIVING - Consideration for the feelings of others
Inventions	Alphabetical list of the most important inventions Clock (pendulum) - Christian Huygens
Kings_Queens	List of kings and queens of Britain with facts and information EGBERT 827 - 839
Literary	Practical list of words explained in a sentence or phrase A book in which the events of each day are recorded - Diary
Marriage	Words pertaining to marriage included anniversary gifts A hater of marriage - misogamist
Medical	Medical terms in use today A disease confined to a particular district or place - endemic
Metaphors	Metaphor is a figure of speech that makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated
Miscellaneous	Sounds that things make, description of various venues or habitats, special calendar dates, Aussie slang words, Mnemonics All Fools' Day - 1st April - Aussie slang - sounds that things make etc.
Names	Names of persons or things, occupations, and a description of word meanings i.e. Terrestrial = Earth Various names explained Bird of night - Owl
Nature	Words connected to nature A four-footed animal - quadruped
Negatives	a word or statement that expresses denial, disagreement, or refusal That which cannot be pierced or penetrated - impenetrable
Nouns	Explanation of nouns, COMMON Nouns, PROPER Nouns, COLLECTIVE Nouns and ABSTRACT Nouns. sit - seat (when to use Nouns)
Numbers	Numbers of animals things i.e. A number of Cattle = herd A number of fish taken in a net - catch, haul
Opposites	a person or thing that is totally different from or the reverse of someone or something else. Unable to read - il-literate
Other	Special days, Aussies slang and any other items not covered in this list Any other items that might be of interest
Patron Saints	List of Patron Saints St. George of England, St. Andrew of Scotland
Phobias	Noctiphobia - Fear of the night
Places	A list of places A place where bees are kept = apiary A place where fishes are kept - aquarium
Possessive_Case	The case which is used to show possession is called the possessive case or genitive case. In case of nouns, an apostrophe is used to show it. Is the case which denotes the owner or possessor
Prefixes	All Prefixes
Professions	List of various professions The commander of a fleet - Admiral
Proverbs	Famous proverbs A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush A bad beginning makes a good ending.
Quotes	Serious Quotes and some Witty funny one liners Someone has glued my pack of cards together...I cannot deal with it!
Sayings	Famous sayings as a drowned rat. - as ancient as the sun—as the stars.
Science_and_Arts	List of words used in Science or Art An instrument for detecting earthquakes - seismograph
Scientific_Terms	Explanation of scientific items like barometer The science of land management - agronomics
Seven_Wonders	The seven wonders of the ancient world with explanations The Pyramids of Egypt
Similes	Words to use as a Simile which is a phrase that describes one thing in terms of another. A simile usually begins with like or as. *Archates - a good friend Belt = to hit below the belt**
Synonyms	List of words or phrases that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another abandon....... desert, forsake, leave.
Thesaurus	Understanding words, Incorrect Use of Words, Thesaurus of Words :Thesaurus - abandon = abandoned, abandoning, abandonment, abandons affluent =having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value,words explained and incorrect use of words
UrbanMyths	The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt, hence the saying "dirt poor."
War	Words used in war Nations carrying on warfare - belligerents
Weddings	Anniversary dates and wedding information
Words_to_Verbs	Words shown in noun or verb strong - strengthen
Zodiac_signs	Signs of the Zodiac